17. They say constantly unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace. And they say unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his heart, No evil shall come upon you.
18. For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, so that he hath perceived and heard his word? who hath hearkened to his word and listened?
19. Behold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, yea, a whirling storm: it shall whirl down upon the head of the wicked.
20. The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart: at the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly.
21. I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22. But if they had stood in my council, and had caused my people to hear my words, then would they have turned them from their evil way and from the wickedness of their doings.
23. Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?
24. Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah.
25. I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
26. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and who are prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
27. who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour: as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
28. The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell the dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.
29. Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
30. Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.